Articles of Interest - August 15
/***TECHNOLOGY
MIT and Microsoft Research made a 'smart' tattoo that remotely controls your phone The Verge
***ART AND DESIGN
Google Chrome is officially killing Flash starting next month The Next Web
Optical Adjustment – Logic vs. Designers (opinion) Marvel
Zara Comes Under Fire for Copying Indie Artists Designs The Fashion Law Blog
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Researchers Study Effects Of Social Media On Young Minds NPR
Stop Chasing Clicks … It’s About Community AdWeek
Facebook to give 'informative' posts more weight USA Today
***PRODUCING MEDIA
A blueprint for planning audio projects NPR
***BIG DATA / STATS
Big data: digging a little deeper into millennials on social media.. they aren’t all cut from the same cloth Data Science Central
Just bec algorithms inspired by Bayes’ theorem can mimic cognition doesn’t mean our brains employ similar algorithms Scientific American
What the lack of transparency means for black-box difficult-to-interpret statistical models CIO Review
Data integration changes enormously with IoT. How the internet of things changes Big Data Data-Informed
A Big Data and Data Science newsletter list of good resources for all things data Data Science Central
***GENDER ISSUES
He's Brilliant, She's Lovely: Teaching Computers To Be Less Sexist NPR
***RACE
IS Pokemon Go a Racist App? USA Today
Newspaper Covers Simone Manuel's Historic Gold in Olympically Offensive Way Huffington Post
The 4.3 million Americans whose race could change when they die Quartz
Want To Address Teachers' Biases? First, Talk About Race NPR
The Racist Chinese Washing Powder ad and the Truth about Afrophobia in China Quartz
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Dear old media: Get over yourselves Columbia Journalism Review
***JOURNALISM
TV Anchor Has Had It Up To *Here* With NBC's Ridiculous Restrictions On Olympics Coverage Digg
How to avoid 10 common mistakes in data reporting American Press Institute
A Front-Row Look at State-Sanctioned Terrorism: Journalism students studying abroad in Uruguay and Argentina witness the aftermath of an attack on freedom of the press (opinion) Chronicle of Higher Ed
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Warren Buffett changes his mind about newspapers: ‘Newspapers are going to go downhill’ Talking New Media
Study looks at the performance of three media spin-offs and sees the newspaper side lagging Talking New Media
***JOBS
Five Signs Your Interview Is Fake Because They've Already Hired Someone Forbes
***HEALTH
Which Percentage of People Is Older and Younger Than You Public Health Intelligence
The Sad State of Product Design and Innovation in Healthcare Medium
Muslim doctor: My patient refused to let me treat her because of my Religion Washington Post
Cocaine Vaccine Approved For Testing In Humans CBS NY
Zika Moves Quickly, and Scientists Fear That Journals Aren't Keeping Pace The Chronicle of Higher Education
***WRITING & READING
In the Only Surviving Recording of Her Voice, Virginia Woolf Explains Why Writing Isn’t a “Craft” (1937) Open Culture
***LANGUAGE
Partisan Political Speech Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
What’s Old Is New Again.. Lewis Carroll Chronicle of Higher Ed
How Did Children’s Literature Evolve From Prim Morality Tales to the Likes of Captain Underpants? Slate
James Joyce: An Animated Introduction to His Life and Literary Works Open Culture
The 10 worst endings in all of literature Business Insider
***PSYCHOLOGY
Most Common Family Types in America Flowing Data
The Replication Game: How Well Do Psychology Studies Hold Up? Science Friday
5 science-backed tips for getting rid of guilt The Week
***NEUROSCIENCE
Can This Brain Exercise Put Off Dementia? A new study is believed to be the first to show that speed training can reduce the risk for the condition Wall Street Journal
***ETHICS
Augmented Reality Games Like Pokémon Go Need a Code of Ethics—Now Wired
***FREE SPEECH
The Story Behind The New Documentary ‘Can We Take a Joke?’ (It started with a comment from a comedian about playing on college campuses) Huffington Post
***LEGAL ISSUES
Judge: Ohio State didn't defame fired marching band director Associated Press
***RELIGION
Thirty years ago, progressives embraced religious exemptions. No longer Economist
As U.S. Politicians Shun Syrian Refugees, Religious Groups Embrace Them NPR
Is God Transgendered? (opinion) New York Times
Why a stout theological creed is not saving evangelical churches Religious News Service
Most states allow religious exemptions from child abuse and neglect laws Pew Research
White Christian America is dying Washington Post
***HIGHER ED
Head of University of California campus resigns after probe Associated Press
Data From the 2016 Higher Ed Almanac Chronicle of Higher Ed
Keeping Faith without Hurting LGBT Students at Christian Colleges The Atlantic
State senator drops proposal that angered religious universities in California LA Times
A coalition of 25 LGBT rights groups are urging the Big 12 not to admit Brigham Young University as a new member, citing the school's policies against homosexual behavior Christian Science Monitor
***TEACHING
Does Your Teaching Encourage Epistemological Pluralism? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Why Today's MOOCs Are Not Innovative Campus Technology
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Institutes, Grading, and the Nine Circles of Adjunct Hell: ‘McSweeney’s’ Regards Academe Chronicle of Higher Ed
***STUDENT LIFE
19 signs you're a functioning adult — even if it doesn't feel like it Business Insider
***RESEARCH
8 Rejected Papers That Won the Nobel Prize Authorea
Do declarative titles affect readers’ perceptions of research findings? A randomized trial Research Integrity & Peer Review
***SEXUAL ASSAULT
Federal investigation launched into BYU’s handling of sex-assault reports Salt Lake Tribune
How Technology Could Change Reporting of Campus Sexual Assault (sub. req.’ed) Chronicle of Higher Ed